“Finestra Aperta” Exhibition

Jack Hanley

poster for “Finestra Aperta” Exhibition

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Art as a window into another world is the sincerest sort of pun. Throughout the ages, artists have referenced windows as a paradigm for summarizing the notion of reality. In the late 19th and early 20th century, windows seem to resonate potently as a symbol of modernity and the paradigm shift in notions of public (exterior) and private (interior) life. The flâneur, who was both a participant and observer, serves as the archetype for this moment in history and the major shifts in the way people could function in the world. Today, social media symbolically replaces the literal window as an intermediary space in denoting interior and exterior lives, and most people are engaged as both participants and observers simultaneously.

As our lives become more public, a public ‘reality’ is also more deftly curated, and therefore our perceived realities of each other and even ourselves are a curated personal mythology blurring the lines between public and private life even further. Presenting works in photography, sculpture, video and painting by; Shara Hughes, Elizabeth Jaeger, Meredith James and Annie Thorton, Finestra Aperta reconciles the psychological space between public and private narratives and how we self-surveil in relation to each of our personally crafted, surreal windows.

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Schedule

from October 15, 2015 to November 15, 2015

Opening Reception on 2015-10-15 from 18:00 to 20:00

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